Nowadays, the motorcycle is not inferior in popularity, and in some ways it has even surpassed the car. Men and women want to have this light, fast, elegant means of transportation, and the romance of free roads along which you can rush into the sunset excites even staunch hearts. But to drive the motorcycle of your dreams, you need to have certain skills and abilities. We'll talk about them.
How to ride a motorcycle?
Before joining the street traffic, becoming part of it, getting used to the busy streets, it would be nice to master a motorcycle and get a feel for it. A motorcyclist must know how to behave if the wheel skids, and how hard to press the pedals. Driving skills should be developed to the point of automaticity; this will increase your safety in unforeseen situations.
An experienced driver needs a helmet, goggles and gloves, as well as strong pants and a jacket made of windproof fabric to keep warm during high-speed driving.
First touch
And so, we took our starting position in the driver’s seat and began to start the engine. Before starting, the gear lever must be placed in the neutral position. To do this, press the clutch pedal and hold it until you are sure that you are in “neutral”. We started the engine, just sat and calmed down, gathered our courage. We pressed the pedals: gas, clutch, brake. Remember which pedal is for what?
When you press the gas pedal, try to “link” the sound of the engine with the speed on the tachometer; this, of course, is a difficult option, but for general development it will not hurt. First of all, you don’t need to “gas” too much when starting from a stop, but “add up” only to support the engine’s operation. Very high speeds are not required when starting off. At high speeds, the car will start moving very quickly with wheel slipping. You won’t even have time to react and pull yourself together in time.
Practice in your head that in case of danger, the first thing to do is press the brake with your right foot.
Motorcycle control. Basic moments
Landing
In order to ride a motorcycle safely, you first need to learn how to sit on it correctly. Typically, this is done by adjusting the steering wheel so that the body leans slightly forward and the knees squeeze the fuel tank. Despite the fact that it seems more correct, sitting with a straight back is unsafe due to the unevenness of the road.
Movement
It is better for novice motorcycle drivers to start driving without starting the engine and choose an open area to accelerate. In order to start moving you need:
- Press the clutch lever;
- Activate transfer;
- Turn the throttle control, slightly release the clutch lever and add gas.
During acceleration training, it is recommended to master hill acceleration as a last resort. Learn to accelerate gradually, increasingly reducing clutch slip.
Sit on the motorcycle so that your right foot is planted on the ground while your left foot remains free to change gears. Then determine the clutch engagement point; this is done by slowly lowering the lever. You will feel the moment when the bike is ready to accelerate, and next time lower the lever to that point.
Now is the time to turn up the throttle by a third and, as the bike starts to move, slowly release the clutch. Now you can speed up and enjoy the ride.
Switching gears
Up is a high gear, down is a lower gear.
- Shift into top gear, reduce the speed, thereby lowering the engine speed, and depress the clutch, then engage another gear and release pressure on the clutch. Immediately add gas and increase engine speed. When changing gears, the cycle repeats.
- To shift down, you first need to slow down, press the clutch, engage a lower gear and add gas again. If desired, the motorcycle can even be stopped before switching.
Stop
To stop, you need to gradually slow down, shifting gears to first, squeezing the clutch. Use the rear brake, but don't think that using it is enough. Start stopping there, then move to the front one. It is also important to calculate the braking so that the braking distance is not too long.
How to start correctly
How to start on a motorcycle correctly. Today we will focus on one more exercise that will allow us to start moving. Let's talk about the starting technique.
Today we will focus on one more exercise that will allow us to start moving. Let's talk about the starting technique. Initially, we will divide this exercise into two. In the first case, I will tell you how to get started for those who have never ridden a motorcycle at all, and in the second, how to go very quickly for those who have already ridden a lot on a 2-wheeled friend. If you are already moving away, then feel free to skip the first part of the article and move on to the second.
First, what is common between the two articles:
We sit on the motorcycle so that the supporting leg is the right one and the left one is on the footrest. The next step is to press the clutch and engage first gear. The pin is broken, we don’t release the clutch.
So we squeeze the clutch with the pads of our fingers.
We swap our legs, now we have the left one supporting, and the right one standing on the footrest. It is from this position that we must learn to start.
We rest on the footrests and move our body forward.
Place your foot on the footrest.
Incorrect placement of feet on the footrests.
We squeeze the tank with our knees. We don’t push our knees out, but hold on to them.
This landing is due to the fact that under the right leg there is a rear brake, which we will use in 2 cases. The first is a downhill start, let go and go, and the second is a critical case when you accidentally revved up the gas, dropped the clutch and the motorcycle started moving on the rear wheel. It sounds fantastic, but this is not such a rare case in my practice, you need to be prepared for it at least mentally, and the option of getting confused or not depends on your perception of the world and the functioning of the nervous system. In this case, we simply press the rear brake and “smoothly”
